Loved this article–In Search of Lost Me Time by Reif Larsen

June 7, 2016April 20, 2020

Fabulous article by Reif Larsen –I laughed out loud–

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/travel/family-holidays-parenting-fatherhood.html

Marci Darling

I lie here on my pink puffy bed in my pink silky pajamas, or pink flannel depending on my mood (the only thing you can bank on is that there will be chocolate smeared somewhere on my attire), with my pink feathered pen, writing my most delicious daydreams. Funny? Sometimes. Scandalous? Hopefully. Inspiring? Perhaps. Full of love? Always.

Welcome to my World.

Inspiration

Spoonful of Sugar
March 7, 2008

Tonight, my little clever girl was sitting in her ballet pink leotard and tights telling me how she needed to start taking ballet again so she could be in The Nutcracker next Christmas. She knows exactly which characters she wants to be. “The little girls wearing tutus carrying baby dolls, not the little girls that do yoga.” It was bedtime, so I said, “Let’s clean up your nursery before bed.” Annabelle: “Mom, I don’t really like to clean up. It’s…

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Hollywood | Inspiration | Travel Stories

I Played a Backpacker in a British Airways Commercial Before I Became One
December 13, 2020February 12, 2021

I played a Backpacker in a Commercial Before I Became One

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Inspiration

Why Fairies?
September 24, 2007April 15, 2020

Some of you may be wondering why I write so much about fairies. That would be because I have fairy blood. That might seem crazy but it’s true. First of all, I’ve always suspected there was magic running through my veins, so I was hardly surprised when I found out I actually was a descendant of the fairies. I performed as Peasblossom in Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe in LA and I met some wonderful people and most importantly,…

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Inspiration

Ho Ho, Elvis, Monkey Room…
February 24, 2008

The only coat Henry will consent to wearing is Annabelle’s red Santa coat. He calls it “Ho-Ho.” “Ho-Ho” is one of his favorite words because, in his mind, Ho-Ho is Santa, and he loves anything that even remotely resembles Santa. Any guy with a beard is a “Ho-Ho.” Any person wearing red is “Ho-Ho.” He wore the red Ho-Ho coat to music class at Loyola. Annabelle insisted on wearing her Cinderella dress complete with light-up glass slippers she can barely…

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Inspiration | Travel Stories

I Found Myself at 2am in the middle of a Remote Forest in Norway
July 3, 2021July 3, 2021

So now, it was 2am in the middle of a remote forest in Norway, with snow so deep it could swallow me whole, and I’m riding on the back of a young man, surrounded by thick pine trees soaring straight into the sky. It was cold, and a little scary, but the adventure of it all outweighed the fear.

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Hope | Humor | Inspiration | Kim | Magical Moments | Travel Stories

Chasing Rainbows and Finding a Pot of Gold on the Isle of Skye
December 29, 2020December 29, 2020

There are songs and poems and endless legends about rainbows, and I love them all. In fact, I consider myself a bit of a rainbow connoisseur. I have seen my fair share of rainbows, but nothing prepared me for the day we saw thirteen rainbows in one day on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. THIRTEEN! My best friend, Kim and I were fairy hunting and researching my ancestry on the Isle of Skye. (This was 1995 before the internet,…

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